You Are a Tourist - Death Cab for Cutie

You Are a Tourist

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According to the You Are a Tourist Songfacts, Death Cab made history on April 5, 2011 when they became the first act to broadcast a live, scripted, single-take music video for the song on the Internet. The idea for the one-take clip came from Aaron Stewart-Ahn, who co-directed the 2008 video for I Will Possess Your Heart. "Most of the time when you have an idea, somebody's already done it, and it really didn't seem like that was the case for this," said guitarist/keyboardist Chris Walla to Billboard. "So we needed to move on it if we wanted to do it."

Death Cab for Cutie is an American indie rock band formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. The band consists of Ben Gibbard (vocals, guitar, piano), Nicholas Harmer (bass), Jason McGerr (drums), Dave Depper (guitar) and Zac Rae (keyboards).
Death Cab began as a solo project of Ben Gibbard, now the band's vocalist and guitarist. Gibbard took the band name from the satirical song Death Cab for Cutie, performed by The Bonzo Dog Band in The Beatles' 1967 experimental film Magical Mystery Tour. Show more ...

You Are a Tourist - Death Cab for Cutie

(This... Fire... Grows... High...)

When there's a burning in your heart
An endless fury in your heart
Build it bigger than the Sun
Let it grow
Let it grow
And there's a burning in your heart
Don't be alarmed

(This... Fire... Grows... High...)

When there's a doubt in your mind
Cause you think it all the time
Framing rights into wrongs
Move along
Move along
When there's a doubt in your mind

When there's a burning in your heart
And you think you'll burst apart
Oh, there's nothing to fear
Save the tears
Save the tears
When there's a burning in your heart

And if you feel just like a tourist, in the city you were born
Then it's time to go
And find your destination with so many different places to call home
Cause when you find yourself a villain,
In the story you have written
It's plain to see
That sometimes the best intentions
Are in need of redemptions
Which you agree
If so, please show me